MALAYA AKULUKJUK (MALAIYA; MALIA; KILAPIK) Born: March, 1915 Female E6-240
Place of Birth: Kirkitant
Resides: Pangnirtung
Drawings, Prints, Tapestries, Sculpture
Throughout her life Malaya Akulukjuk has kept herself busy making arts and
crafts. She first learned to carve in 1962 and made items such as seals,
whales and people from stone, antler and whalebone. However, due to poor
eyesight she no longer is able to continue working in this medium. Poor
eyesight has also prevented Malaya from continuing her sewing. Until recently
she made parkas and vests using a variety of materials such as duffel, stroud,
felt, skins, and furs. However, Malaya is better known for her drawings which
are often used as designs on tapestries and prints. She continues to draw
using various mediums such as pencil, coloured pencil and felt pen. Her
favourite subjects are animals and birds.
EXHIBITIONS: 1974 Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de
l'arctique canadien
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, Pangnirtung Print Collection
1983, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1994 (annual collection)
(illustrated catalogue)
October 1975 - December 1977 Inuit Games/Inuit Pinguangit/Jeux des inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated brochure)
January 1977 - June 1982 The Inuit Print/L'estampe inuit
Department of Indian Affairs and
Northern Development and the
National Museum of Man
Ottawa, Ontario
(tour)
(illustrated catalogue)
August 1978 Inuit Games and Contests: The Clifford E.
Lee Collection of Prints
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
(illustrated catalogue)
November - December 1978 Polar Vision: Canadian Eskimo Graphics
Jerusalem Artists' House Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
(illustrated catalogue)
September 1979 Pangnirtung Prints and Stonecuts
Northern Images
Inuvik, Northwest Territories
October 1979 Pangnirtung Tapestries
Eskimo Gallery
Halifax, Nova Scotia
November - December 1979 In Celebration of the Arts of the Canadian
Eskimo of Pangnirtung, N.W.T.
Inuit Art Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
April - May 1980 Pangnirtung Tapestries
Snow Goose Associates
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
March - April 1981 Pangnirtung Tapestries/Tapisseries de
Pangnirtung
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
May 1981 Pangnirtung Tapestries
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
November 1983 - January 1984 Inuit Art at Rideau Hall
Presented by Indian Affairs and Northern
Development
Ottawa, Ontario
March - April 1984 Pangnirtung Woven Tapestries
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
(illustrated catalogue)
April 1984 Games of the Inuit
Northern Images
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
May 1984 Pangnirtung Woven Tapestries
Northern Images
Inuvik, Northwest Territories
November - December 1984 50 Inuit Prints
Canadian Arctic Producers in
coordination with the Hudson's Bay
Company Inuit Art Marketing Service,
held at Simpson's
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)
June 1985 Pangnirtung Limited Edition Tapestries
from 1977-1984
Gallery of the Arctic
Victoria, British Columbia
June - August 1986 Pangnirtung Woven Tapestries
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
July 1986 Pangnirtung Print Retrospective: 1973-1986
Organized by Pangnirtung Eskimo Co-operative
Limited, Pangnirtung, at Inuit Gallery of
Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
(illustrated catalogue)
July - November 1987 Useful Bits of Bone
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
December 1987 From the Pangnirtung Weave Centre
Arctic Artistry
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.A.
January - February 1988 Tapestries from Eskimo Weavers
Arctic Artistry
Hartsdale, New York, U.S.A.
February 1988 Tapestries by Contemporary Eskimo Weavers
Canadian Consulate
presented by Arctic Artistry
New York, New York, U.S.A.
June 1988 From the Pangnirtung Weave Shop
The Guild Shop
Toronto, Ontario
August 1988 Pangnirtung Woven Tapestries
Inuit Gallery of Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia
August - October 1989 Inuit Graphic Art from Indian
& Northern Affairs Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
October - December 1989 Baffin Images
Orca Aart
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
January - February 1991 Pangnirtung Woven Tapestries
The Upstairs Gallery
Winnipeg, Manitoba
February 1992 Artists and Weavers III: Fine Tapestries from
Canadian Arctic
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
May 1994 Artists and Weavers IV
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
February 1995 Artists and Weavers V
Arctic Artistry
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: March 1979 Malaya Akulukjuk
Mount Royal Arts Centre
Montreal, Quebec
COLLECTIONS: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Art Gallery, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland
Canadian Guild of Crafts Quebec, Montreal, Quebec
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Clifford E. Lee Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Dennos Museum Center, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.
Inuit Cultural Institute, Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories
Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: 1974 Design Award given to a tapestry made from a drawing by Malaya Akulukjuk
and exhibited in "Crafts from Arctic Canada/Artisanat de l'arctique
canadien".
HONOURS, ACHIEVEMENTS and EVENTS: (continued)
1977 Attended the opening of the annual Pangnirtung print collection at
Inukshuk Gallery in Waterloo.
1990 Malaya's drawing; Angutauya was chosen for a set of commissioned prints for
Dow Canada's Partnership with Pangnirtung project.
1992 Received grant to do a series of coloured pencil drawings about how older
Inuit see the world.
SELECTED REFERENCES:
IM SCHATTEN DER SONNE: Zeitgenoessische Kunst der Indianer und
Eskimos in Kanada. [In the Shadow of the Sun: Contemporary Art
of the Indians and Eskimos in Canada]. Stuttgart: Edition
Cantz. Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988.
Canadian Eskimo Arts Council
CRAFTS FROM ARCTIC CANADA = ARTISANAT DE L'ARCTIQUE CANADIEN.
Ottawa: Canadian Eskimo Arts Council, 1974.
Goldfarb, Barbara
ARTISTS, WEAVERS, MOVERS AND SHAKERS. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol.
4, no. 2, Spring, 1989. pp.14-18.
Hickman, Deborah
PANGNIRTUNG WEAVING WORKSHOP. = L'ATELIER DE TISSAGE DE
PANGNIRTUNG. About Arts and Crafts/L'art et l'artisanat, vol.
5, no. 1, 1982. pp.24-27.
Thorne, Sarah, ed.
DIMENSIONS: Partnership with Pangnirtung. Sarnia, Ont. : Dow
Chemical Canada, Department of Employee Communications, 1990.
Watt, Virginia
REFLECTING ON PANGNIRTUNG WEAVING. Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7,
no. 3, summer/fall 1992, pp. 59-61.
Williams, Megan
WEAVING IN PANGNIRTUNG. = LE TISSAGE A PANGNIRTUNG. About Arts
and Crafts/L'art et l'artisanat, vol. 3, no. 2, Autumn, 1979.
pp.24-27.
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